[Darkwolf377]

a team of conservative grass-roots organizers, public relations specialists and legal strategists met to prepare a battle plan to ensure any vacancies were filled by like-minded jurists.

I saw the source for the headline and thought "Ahh, another Vast Rrightwing Conspiracy" story.

Only took till the first paragraph to confirm that suspicion.

[peyton randolph]

MSM moonbats on parade...with typical anonymous sourcing for their delusions.

[RadioCirca1970]

So let me understand this, a group of thinkers, get together to hammer out a vision of what America should be. They then act on that vision and produce the desired results. The only weapons they used was their God given intellect and their persuasion.

Yeah, that's radical....

[Nathan Zachary]

Those leftist suckers. They get blindsided by decades old vast right wing conspiracies every time! Shows that they just don't know how to plan ahead./s

[Lazamataz]

>lawyer and others present who described the meeting were granted anonymity because the meetings were confidential and because the team had told its allies not to exult publicly until the confirmation vote was cast.

Back in the day, I would have said, "The New York Times: They have sufficient credibility for me to assume this is true."

Nowadays, I say, "The New York Times has been caught in so many outright fabrications that it is OBVIOUS they are simply making it up."

[twigs]

These sources should not be talking now. It will be the source of conspiracy stories in the future. It looks like Alito is in, although we won't be sure until the votes are counted tomorrow. But now that rumors are flying that Stevens may retire this summer, and knowing Ginsburg is not in good health, our president may well have a shot at a third nomination, possibly even a fourth. The way those dems went after Alito insisting to know who he talked to after he was nominated and what they said to him is unsettling. These lawyers need to keep their mouths shut. Let's just see the results of their exceptional work and let their role come out as future histories are written.

[Always Right]

I see the New York Times four editorials against Alito did not do any good, now it is time to start making up news stories about him.

[Itzlzha]

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